The Hong Kong Jockey Club Striding On Scholarship (Deadline:28 March 2025)

Scholarships

17 DEC 2024 - 28 MAR 2025

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Striding On Scholarship aims to recognise students who have achieved excellence while demonstrating resilience and strength of mind to overcome adversities or challenges in life.

These may include but are not limited to:

Challenges that arise from special educational needs or other forms of disabilities, health needs, prejudices on account of the individual’s race, gender or religious beliefs, hardships of all types (financial or otherwise), or other extenuating personal or familial circumstances.

 

Eligibility 

You should apply if you:

  • Have the right of abode or the right to land in Hong Kong, or have entered Hong Kong on One-way Permits;
  • Be studying in a local secondary school in Hong Kong;
  • Have a strong intention and likelihood to matriculate in a UGC-funded undergraduate programme at any one of the eight UGC-funded institutions or an undergraduate programme at the HKAPA for their first undergraduate degree;
  • Demonstrate resilience and strength of mind to overcome adversities or challenges in life and achieve excellence; and
  • Be taking their university-entrance public examination for the first time in the same academic year as the time of their application.  

 

Selection criteria

The selection of the recipient for the Striding On Scholarship will comprehensively evaluate:

  • The excellence of the applicant’s achievements;
  • The severity of the applicant’s adversities or challenges; and
  • The applicant’s track record or aspirations for bringing positive impact to their community.

 

Scholarship Coverage

The scholarship supports students to pursue their undergraduate studies in Hong Kong:

  • Full tuition fee, academic and living allowance for the entire normative duration of study towards an undergraduate degree programme
  • Overseas learning subsidies
  • Participation in the Hong Kong Jockey Club overseas leadership programme

 

Application method

Interested students should apply to this scholarship before they enter university and in their last year of secondary school through principal nomination. Each secondary school in Hong Kong can nominate up to two students for this scholarship.

Interested parties should visit the scholarship website at https://jcscholarships.hk/en/scholarship/striding-on-scholarship. Applications must be submitted via the scholarship website by the application deadline.

 

Application Deadline:

6:00 pm, 28 March 2025 (Hong Kong Time)

This scholarship is mainly administered by The Hong Kong Jockey Club, and is not administered by Hong Kong Baptist University. All applications must be submitted directly to The Hong Kong Jockey Club via the scholarship website.

 

Enquiry:

For enquiries, please feel free to contact the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarships Secretariat at info@jcscholarships.hk.